12:22 PM,
Aug. 23, 2013

Josh Harrellson shoots over Florida's Vernon Macklin during his senior season at UK.

Written by

Jonathan Lintner
jlintner@courier-journal.com

Former University of Kentucky big man Josh Harrellson filled the 15th and final spot on the Detroit Pistons' roster this week when he signed a deal with the franchise.

Harrellson, now a teammate to former University of Louisville guard Peyton Siva, reportedly signed a two-year contract with the first partially guaranteed and the second a team option.

The 6-foot-10 center spurned late-season NBA offers earlier this year - they'd have sent him to the Developmental League - and instead played stints in Puerto Rico and China, where he averaged 22 points and 18 rebounds a game. ...